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Funding Programs
RDO provides specific information to help you prepare your application to key funding opportunities. More programs will be added, so please check back!
- DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC)
- NEH Collaborative Research Program
- NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
- NSF Engines
- NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
- NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC)
- NSF Mid-scale Research Instrumentation RI-1 (Mid-scale RI-1)
- NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes (AI Institutes)
- NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE)
- NSF Physics Frontiers Centers (PFC)
- NSF Science and Technology Centers (STC)
- W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program